Ding Ning did not answer the question, but instead asked a question that is extremely sensitive for any practitioner.

But Meng Zhou hummed slightly and gave a clear answer directly.

Ding Ning nodded, but fell silent.

When Meng Zhou saw this, he couldn't help but ask: "Fellow Daoist Ding?"

Ding Ning took a deep breath, looked at Meng Zhou, and said solemnly:

"Fellow Daoist Zhuang, I have some news. Telling it may affect your plan to form an elixir.

But I thought about it seriously and think it’s better for you to know than not to know.”

Meng Zhou had thought a lot about tonight's secret invitation to talk, long before Ding Ning sneaked in silently.

It is hard to believe that such a meeting at this time is just a courtesy visit to thank you.

Seeing her acting like this at this moment, Meng Zhou's expression became serious. He vaguely realized something and said in a deep voice:

"Fellow Daoist Ding, if you have any news, just tell me, I'm all ears!"

Ding Ning stared at the "Zhuang Sheng" clone in front of him seriously and whispered word by word:

"Someone is doing something in the dark, artificially making it difficult to form pills."

She fully thought that "Zhuang Sheng" would be shocked after hearing the shocking news she revealed.

But the other party's behavior was very calm.

She couldn't help but emphasize: "I have personally verified this!"

Under her gaze, "Zhuang Sheng" was silent for a while, and then asked: "Fellow Daoist Ding, can you tell me in detail the whole story of this matter, and why you made this judgment?"

Ding Ning nodded and said: "Of course, this matter must start when I first arrived in Cuiyu Lake Fairy City..."

According to Ding Ning's account, when she first arrived at Cuiyu Lake Fairy City, she did not start seclusion immediately.

Instead, through the relationship with the Professionals Association, I visited many fake elixirs and even elixir-forming monks, and asked them for some advice on elixir-forming.

Among the people she visited, two were newly promoted fake alchemy monks who had achieved breakthroughs in the third-level spiritual land of Jade Lake.

Then, she learned from other channels that before her, there had been many peak foundation-building monks who had formed elixirs at Jade Lake, but except for two of them who had formed fake elixirs, the others had failed.

After a more careful understanding, she came to know that the overall level of the two monks who formed the fake elixir was no better than that of the other failed attempts, and on the contrary, they appeared to be mediocre in all aspects.

Moreover, Ding Ning, who had communicated with them face to face, knew even more clearly that their goals were set very low from the beginning, and they never thought about going through the heavenly tribulation and forming fake elixirs to be regarded as complete merits.

There are even rumors that although Jade Lake has been transformed into a third-level spiritual land, its foundation is still second-level spiritual veins and cannot support the birth of a true third-level pill-forming person.

Some people sneer at this rumor. It can provide a large number of fake elixirs, and a place for elixir formation practice can't let you build a foundation and pass through the elixirs.

What's more, the success or failure of the pass-through and elixir formation is inherently uncertain. Emerald Lake has just become a third-level spiritual land, so how many people have completed the pass-through and elixir formation? Isn't it normal for a few people to fail?

But some people think that even if the probability of such a major event related to one's future and destiny is very small, even if it only affects the mood, it is enough to be treated seriously.

Ding Ning himself has participated in several so-called "exchange meetings". Not a single word was exchanged on Taoism. Everyone was discussing whether it was better to stay in Cuiyu Lake to form elixirs, or to use the channels of Hexin Tower to go to Qingxuan Sect's main mountain Qingxuan.

Lin Feng borrowed a piece of land to form elixirs.

Ding Ning didn't say it on his face, but he was very contemptuous of this approach that did not want to put more effort into himself, but instead attributed the key to the success or failure of forming a pill to others.

Soon, she stopped this meaningless social interaction, sealed the cave, cut off news from inside and outside, and began to retreat.

Because she had high expectations for herself, she took longer to prepare. It was not until the beginning of this year that she officially started to pass the test.

“At the beginning, everything went smoothly.

But when the calamity cloud appeared and my newly completed fake elixir entered it, and when I was preparing to be tempered by the calamity cloud, something suddenly went wrong."

At this point, Ding Ning paused.

"What's the problem?" Meng Zhou asked hurriedly.

Ding Ning talked about another thing, "Has Fellow Taoist Zhuang practiced the soul art of sincere heart?"

Meng Zhou nodded slowly. This soul skill was given to him as a "gift" by President Pan when he first invited him to join the team.

Ding Ning asked again: "Then you should be very clear about its characteristics, right?"

"Yeah." Meng Zhou nodded again.

Ding Ning said: "At that time, the fake elixir I had just formed had just entered the Tribulation Cloud layer and was preparing to be tempered by the Tribulation Cloud. Suddenly, my sincere heart gave me a crazy warning."

Hearing this, Meng Zhou's pupils shrank.

His heart of sincerity has been cultivated to perfection, and it has even become the innate ability of "sincerity and foreknowledge" because it is so consistent with the Soul Pond of the Sea of ​​Consciousness.

Therefore, he has a say in this spiritual art.

Based on his understanding of this spiritual art, Meng Zhou could almost conclude that the danger that Zhenxin warned Ding Ning about at that time could not have come from overcoming the tribulation itself, but from outside the tribulation.

Ding Ning, who has always been relatively calm, showed a lingering fear when he told this point.

"If it weren't for the timely reminder from the most sincere heart, which made me prepare in advance, I might really have failed this time."

After being silent for a while, Ding Ning sighed.

"What... happened at that time?" Meng Zhou asked.

"My emotions became active uncontrollably."

“Because of the characteristics of the exercises and my own personality, I think I am very good at managing my emotions.

Moreover, after several years of hard work, I was in the best shape at that time."

Ding Ning recalled and described.

"The change was so drastic that it was like a pool of calm ice water that suddenly boiled."

"Those emotions are extremely active and extremely negative."

"Anger, hatred, fear, despair, sadness..."

At this point, Ding Ning gently shook his head again and said with emotion: "If my sincerity hadn't warned me and made me prepare in advance, I would have almost turned in."

Meng Zhou silently felt the insidiousness of this method from Ding Ning's story.

If it were another monk who was trying to pass the test and formed the elixir, even if the test failed in the end, it would be difficult to find the problem.

Because the monk's mood fluctuates during the process of passing the test, which is a very personal state.

Not only will it be possible to build the foundation and pass through the pass and form elixirs, but also to practice Qi to pass through the pass and build the foundation, there will even be breakthroughs in small realms and small levels.

This is why all the classics that share various breakthrough experiences emphasize the importance of "good condition" and "full preparation".

One of the important reasons is to allow practitioners to adjust their own mentality.

In this case, even if someone shares his experience of failing to form a pill, everyone will only think that "this person was not sufficiently prepared before passing the test" and "this person's psychological quality is still a bit poor."

There is no doubt that someone is doing something secretly.

Of course, it was not long before Cuiyu Lake became a third-level spiritual land. Coupled with the rumors mentioned by Ding Ning, the number of monks who chose to pass the pass and form elixirs in Cuiyu Lake was not large in the first place, and there was still a lack of sufficient data samples.

Otherwise, if this situation continues for a longer period of time and affects more monks who are trying to pass the barrier and build elixirs, there will be no evidence, and this kind of thing will also arouse the attention and vigilance of all parties.

With this in mind, Meng Zhou looked at Ding Ning and asked, "Fellow Daoist Ding, who do you think is behind this plot?"

Ding Ning shook his head gently and said, "I don't know either."

Speaking of this, she suddenly smiled and said:

"Actually, I had doubts at first whether Qingxuanzong was up to something, but after I came back yesterday and discussed this idea with the teacher, he immediately rejected my idea.

...Well, I actually think this is unlikely."

Meng Zhou nodded slightly, agreeing with President Pan's judgment.

If Qingxuanzong did this, then Qingxuanzong was a complete lunatic, a lunatic who acted contradictoryly.

If Qingxuanzong did this, then everything Qingxuanzong has done in the past few years will become meaningless, not to others, but to Qingxuanzong himself.

It can't be that everyone in Qingxuanzong feels bored, so it's like a child building a castle with sand, and then kicking it into pieces after it's built, right?

Now, the drastic changes throughout the Qingxuan Territory were originally driven by the Qingxuan Sect alone.

Changes have just begun. Do you think the hilltop of Cuiyu Lake is threatened and need to be pruned appropriately?

If that's the case, why don't you just stop doing these things in the first place?!

What's more, Qingxuanzong really feels that the path he is taking now is wrong, and he wants to readjust back. Can he use such sneaky methods?

…

"I discussed it with the teacher. He didn't think it was Qingxuanzong's work, but he gave me some other conjectures." Ding Ning said.

"Oh, what does President Pan think?" Meng Zhou asked curiously.

"My teacher's guess is that this matter is probably caused by some external forces." Ding Ning said softly.

After hearing this, Meng Zhou's heart moved.

This is quite consistent with his suspicion.

A long time ago, in order to deal with the incident involving the assassination of the head of the Fan family, Meng Zhou secretly summoned Chairman Pan.
To be continued...